Standardized Testing For Public School Systems

When one speaks of intelligence or how bright another person is, the often quoted figure is the IQ or intelligence quotient. It is the most often used standard of how smart a person is. This paper shall look at what intelligence tests measure, how the IQ tests measure intelligence and interrogate their history. It shall then apply the tests to school policy and hence evaluate their validity.

The main purpose of addressing the issue is to prove IQ scored is biased and spurious .Various articles and research papers prove that IQ scores fail to reflect a person’s intelligence. This top-ic is important because due to flawed IQ scores every year, many students are assigned to the wrong class, for example an intelligent student with a low IQ score is assigned to easier class and a student with a high IQ score who may not be intelligent in a particular field is assigned to a higher level class which can be difficult for that student. IQ Tests need to be redesigned to re-pair this major flaw in our academic system

It's 8 A.M. on a Saturday, and masses of students around the United States wake up and head to their testing sites in order to take the SAT. This is a common occurrence that happens multiple times a year, but it raises the question as to how seriously should society take these tests and other standardized testing, such as the Regents examinations in New York State. The answer to this is obvious, clearly these exams, and all standardized tests, must be taken seriously, due to the fact they provide vital information for colleges such as which students are the best, they provide ample data for high schools and state governments to prove that the academic standards are being upheld, and they also provide useful information to various institutions

A new PDK/Gallup poll shows that most Americans oppose nationwide Common Core tests, and view other criteria such as engagement with classwork and feedback about school more important than performance in standardized testing in measuring the effectiveness of schools.

Although many believe in the IQ data levels given to each student to be sound data, but the system is completely flawed. The first and ultimately most prevalent in accuracy is the of scoring errors. A study from______ explains that many times the handwritten essay portions are graded and examined by underpaid workers with no prior English training and is not qualified for such grading. This grading system leaves room for biased and tampered results. A worker without experience may not recognize the flaws in the wiring, or even in the answer to the question. This student due to the unrecognized flaws may be given an outstanding grade that would be meant for a student that has had prior knowledge in the subject and has exceptional work. Causing the tests to falter and making the writing portions grade become unreliable and unimportant. If these tests are not important enough to be graded by thoroughly train and qualified scholars, there is no need that these tests be made mandatory and be held to be high stakes

Schools should not have standardized tests because, kids are to stressed and it waist to much time when kids could be learning something new. After my research I have came to the conclusion that there are many different opinions and concerns about weather standardized testing should be required or not. Each opinion has some logic but there are just some thing that don’t make much sense. Some people see it as a competition between students to see who can get a better score. Also if some people don’t get the score that they wanted it could put their self confidence down and make them not want to try as hard next time. They feel like these tests prove how smart they are to their parents, students, and friends.

According to standardized tests, Brookside Elementary School in Norwalk, Conn. was one of thousands of schools labeled as "failing" during the 2010-11 school year (Berger). As thousands of schools such as this one struggle to “meet the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001”, educators began to wonder what they should teach their students. Since the NCLB's passage, standardized tests have been used to evaluate public schools across the U.S. Unfortunately, the flaws in standardized tests have become apparent after 14 years, particularly how it limits the ability to measure student achievement, how it unfairly evaluates teachers, how it narrows the curriculum, and how it places stress on students.

When I was in grade school there was a large push for students to excel in standardized testing. In recent years I became more and more aware that these tests are not so much about us, as students, but about providing a basic assessment of our intelligence, as a community. This, to me, seems like the best example of “marinating yourself in the conventional wisdom” (Deresiewicz). The public school system has an appetite for traditional, and unadventurous learning. I found that most of my time in high school was spent on preparing for these tests, not encouraging out-of-the-box thinking. Teachers preached independence while rewarding conformity. However this is not how I believe a community should operate. However for the betterment of our society,

Recently I visited the Careerline Tech Center, located in Holland, MI, for an open house on the courses that they offered there for juniors and seniors. One course that caught my attention was the Teacher’s Academy class taught there. The high school students who enrolled in this course gave younger students the opportunity to have control over their learning and testing experience, which is unlike anything that I have ever experienced. These younger students were able to take tests in a variety of ways, which allowed them to reflect what they knew more accurately and share their knowledge of a topic better than they could on a standardized test. Since then, I have asked myself, “what would the impact be if all schools switched over to a system of teaching kids and testing them using their individual learning style(s)? I believe that switching to this system would help all students

In researching the types of tests that are administered to determine intelligence, it became very clear that there were many differing opinions surrounding the efficacy of intelligence testing. There exists compelling information that suggest there is a lack of ability for any test to clearly identify and measure intelligence. It is very clearly noted that there is a question of the ability for academics based testing to measure a persons intelligence. One of the most noted tests in the United States that is used to measure the potential of students to perform in an educational setting is the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). Through the years this test has undergone many changes in attempts to overcome challenges in correctly

Intelligence is not standard anymore. In fact, few schools truly understand how to effectively teach a variety of students the curriculum for their future careers. Therefore, to encompass every student’s needs, schools are obligated to prepare students to be ready for college and their careers. To receive funding, the state requires standardized tests to be implemented in the schools. Naive policy makers believe it is essential to prepare for an exponential amount of time for these tests; however, unbeknownst to these policy makers that the outcome of the students through this rigid system is not actually preparing students for their future; consequently, it just forces students to barely survive school without getting much benefits out of

When IQ tests first came about, many of the questions were designed based on American Culture and discriminated highly against immigrants. It was commonly believed during that time period that those particular groups of individuals were not well suited for success and were denied a higher education. Similar to that of the World war years, children in the 21st century who have English as a second language struggle on standardized exams because of linguistic or cultural differences. Some standardized tests are primarily normed for middle to upper class cocasions making it extremely difficult for those who do not fit within the “norm” to do well. Besides for the fact that these exams aren’t properly normed for the overall population taking them, a lack of funding is also a predominant reason for poor testing results. Other issues such as learning disabilities like ADHD, Dyslexia or severe handicapping conditions will also affect the outcome of the child's test results and will unfairly put a teacher’s job on the line. No matter how severe a child’s disability may be, all children are required to take these standardized tests in order for the school to get funding from the state. There was an article released on March 5th 2014 about a disturbing video that showed teachers administering standardized tests to a group of kids that were barely functioning. In Long’s article she describes “These children had straps and buckles to keep their bodies upright in their wheelchairs and their eyes were either closed or unfocused. Most of them have the brain development and

Considerable research suggests that not only the tests themselves but also the manner in which indigenous students are assessed contributes in important ways to the performance gap between AI/AN students and their White peers (see, e.g., Estrin & Nelson-Barber, 1995). For instance, the very notion of testing students’ knowledge on-demand, out of context is antithetical to common cultural practices among AI/AN communities (and PI communities as well); yet, such students are routinely asked to demonstrate their learning in these ways, particularly on standardized tests. In fact, all elements of assessment—its design, administration, interpretation, and use—have not adequately attended to the ways in which cultural and linguistic differences affect

The I.Q. test is still used today to help maximize a persons potential to achieve. Society should be thankful to Alfred Binet

A common critique of intelligence tests is that academic and mental health professionals use these tests to provide special opportunities for people with a certain IQ, such as a membership for MENSA (scores at or above the 98th percentile on certain standardized IQ tests or other approved intelligence tests), classes for “gifted” children, higher probability of being accepted into college/university, and higher rates of employment. Those who are not eligible for these prospects based on IQ scores are denied from such opportunities, in some cases unfairly. In American society, and likely other developed civilizations in the